zoologized

Verb

zoologize (third-person singular simple present zoologizes, present participle zoologizing, simple past and past participle zoologized)

1. (intransitive) To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied.
   • There it erects tents capable of holding about one hundred and fifty people, and there the members and their friends gather for a fortnight to climb mountains, botanize, zoologize, or merely enjoy life.1931, Marie Beuzeville Byles, By Cargo Boat & Mountain: The Unconventional Experiences of a Woman on Tramp Round the World, page 141
2. (intransitive) To discuss zoology.
   • The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors.1866, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard, The Eclectic Magazine - Volume 4, page 188